The 10 MacBooks hacker has returned to Twitter after some downtime to accomplish one of their biggest gets yet: The official Twitter account of actor LeVar Burton of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Reading Rainbow fame. For months, Twitter has been plagued by a now-notorious hacker that has been stealing legacy verified accounts belonging…
A new report from the American Psychological Association (APA) gives parents of adolescents information that is often hard to find: an up-to-date, thorough list of recommendations for social media use. Included in the APA’s 10 recommendations are commonsense tips, like reasonably monitoring social media use, limiting time spent so that it doesn’t interfere with sleep…
According to Twitter owner Elon Musk, Twitter is planning to purge accounts. No, not accounts belonging to extremists, neo-Nazis, or spreaders of disinformation. Twitter is planning to purge inactive accounts. “We’re purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years, so you will probably see follower count drop,” Musk said in a…
Twitter Blue’s struggles since its launch nearly six months ago are more severe than previously revealed, new data suggests. Since Musk’s version of the subscription service launched last November, Twitter has only been able to convert around 640,000 Twitter users into paying Twitter Blue subscribers as of the end of April, as Mashable reported earlier…
It’s been more than a week since Twitter removed legacy verified blue checkmarks from celebrities, pro athletes, and media figures. This decision from Twitter owner Elon Musk was meant to push users towards Twitter Blue, the company’s $8 (or $11 on mobile) subscription service, which is now the only way that a user can get a…
Elon Musk has made a lot of controversial decisions at Twitter since taking over. But, perhaps none were more roundly criticized then the decision to cut-off important public service and safety accounts from Twitter’s API, unless they paid for its new exorbitant Enterprise pricing. On Tuesday, however, Twitter appears to have changed its mind. Tweet…
When users set up a brand new WordPress-powered website, they have long been greeted by a default, introductory post simply titled “Hello world!” But, now it’s time for WordPress to say a farewell. Specifically, goodbye to Twitter. WordPress.com has just become the latest major platform or organization to cut its Twitter integrations due to Elon…
Right now, Twitter kind of feels like the end of Titanic where there aren’t enough lifeboats for everyone to escape. The proverbial lifeboat in this case is Bluesky Social, a new Twitter-like app with partial funding from former Twitter head Jack Dorsey. Bluesky is getting rave reviews from people who are using it, even though…
Reddit remains the internet’s best dumping ground for some of the funniest content out there. While Reddit has produced some great original material, users on the site equally love to pay tribute to amazing content on other sites. This happened when Redditor u/sporite went onto to the Ask Reddit subreddit to get a general idea…
If you’re on Twitter, you’ve probably seen people flocking to Bluesky, a social platform hailed as a promising alternative to the now-ailing bird app. It looks nearly identical to Twitter, was initially funded by Twitter, and calls itself a “social network for microblogging” which, huh, is funny because that’s exactly what Twitter is. Anyway! Before…